Terror is sadly not an alien concept in France but last weekend's shocking attacks at multiple locations in the country's famous capital city Paris were ground-breaking.

The result is French authorities, politicians, police and military personnel are taking drastic measures to make the city and country a safer place and rout out those with causing terror their objective in life.

This week France declared a state of emergency and Thursday lawmaker's in the national assembly have voted for that state to continue for at least three months.

Changes will include police being armed even when off-duty, and police powers extended to enable police arrests without warrants and the ability to close public venues.

The French senate is expected to approve the three-month extension to the state of emergency on Friday after which it will come into effect.

Al Jazeera reports the bill to extend the state of emergency will also allow the prime minister to order people deemed "threats to national security" are held under house arrest plus the seizure of passports or national identification cards.

"This bill will also encourage the closing of mosques if they become too radical," Valls said. "This bill is the answer for the right of a free country facing chaos."

The French Prime Minister Manuel Valls warned of a possible attack using "chemical or biological weapons."

Britain has experienced similar restrictive measures during the so-called "troubles" when Northern Ireland terrorists planted bombs around the U.K. Many of those terrorists received money and backing from some American citizens.

But the terror threat from Daesh bears no relation to previous terror attacks.

The threat source is varied; the objective dominance and the means of securing a terror win are brutal.

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